Minister of defense: the issue of deployment of missile defense systems in Ukraine was not discussed

Dmitry Zlatarev. Washington and Kiev did not discuss on Thursday the issue of deployment of missile defense systems (BMD) in Ukraine, told on Thursday the head of the American Ministry of defense Ashton Carter.

"We did not discuss with Ukraine the question of ABOUT ", - he said at a mutual press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart Stepan Poltorak.

Poltorak, for his part, said that " Ukraine is developing its own military-industrial complex and have already made progress ". Thus, he stressed that Kiev is ready " to accept help not only from North America but also from any other country for their own protection from aggression ".